MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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